
Dr. Negussie Zeray (PhD)
Dr. Negussie Zeray (PhD), Associate Professor of Agricultural Economics at the College of Agriculture and Natural Resources, Department of Agricultural Economics, Dilla University, Ethiopia.
Dr. Negussie Zeray (PhD), Associate Professor of Agricultural Economics at the College of Agriculture and Natural Resources, Department of Agricultural Economics, Dilla University, Ethiopia.
Educational Background
- PhD (Doctorate), Agricultural Economics, Oct 2014 – Mar 2017, Haramaya University
- Agricultural Economics, Sept 2005 – July 2010, Haramaya University
- Bachelor Degree, Agricultural Extension, Sep 1995 – July 1998, Haramaya University
Past Experience (Academic or Administrative)
- Dilla University, from 23 Aug 2011 up to date
Teaching, Research and Community service
Teaching Agricultural Economics Courses for Undergraduate and Postgraduate students, Conduct Research in Production economics and agricultural systems analysis, environmental and resource economics, impact assessment studies, marketing and price analysis, value chain analysis, agribusiness management and organization, rangeland science and pastoral development challenges and economics of climate change, Climate Smart Agriculture. Advising Thesis work for Postgraduate Students in the Field of Agricultural Economics.
- Senior Instructor in Agarfa Agricultural Technical and Vocational Education Training College, Ethiopia from Aug 9, 2002- Aug 23, 2011
Taught courses:
Agricultural Extension, Business Commutation, Rural Development, Gender and Development, and Cooperative Promotion and Development.
- Cooperative Promotion development team leader, Wage Hemera Zone, Sekota Wored from Sep 1, 1998 –Aug 9, 2002.
Home Department at DU
Agricultural Economics
Courses Taught
UNDER GRADUATE COURSE
Econometrics, Operations Research in Agricultural Economics, Mathematics for Economists, Statistics for Economists, Rural Finance, Farm Management, Rural Sociology, Microeconomics, Macroeconomics, Economics of Agricultural Production and Agricultural Project Planning and Analysist, Research Methods, Agricultural Marketing, Entrepreneurship and Small Business Management, Organization and Management of Cooperatives.
POST GRADUATE COURSE
Advanced Econometrics, Applied Methods of Operations Research in Agriculture, Farm Management and production economics, Agricultural Credit and Finance, Research Methods, Microeconomics, Macroeconomics, Agricultural Marketing and Price Analysis, Agricultural Project Planning and Analysist, Agribusiness Organization & Management, Value Chain Analysis & Development, Economics of Agriculture & Rural Development, Economics of Agro-forestry Systems, Agro-forestry Products & Value Chain Analysis, Coffee Business Skills and E-Commerce (CSE), Coffee Production and Marketing Economics (CSE).
Published Papers lists
- Impact of adopting improved Arabica varieties on the livelihood of organic coffee producers’ of Ethiopia: Continuous treatment approach. Cogent Food & Agriculture 10(1). 2303831, DOI: 10.1080/23311932.2024.2303831.
- Effect of soil and water conservation structures on smallholder farmers’ livelihood: Wenago district, Southern Ethiopia. Cogent Social Sciences, 9(2). https://doi.org/10.1080/23311886.2023.2272305.
- Role of exclosure on woody species diversity in comparison to adjacent open grazing land: The case of wenago district, Southern Ethiopia. Cogent Food & Agriculture 8(1). DOI: 1080/23311932.2022.2092264
- Assessment of implemented physical designs and determinant factors of soil and water conservation measures: Wenago district, southern Ethiopia. Heliyon, 9 (2023) e13058.
- Assessing the impact of indigenous organic agricultural practices onsoil fertility status in Gedeo Zone, Southern Ethiopia. Home / Archives / 10: Special Issue. International Conference on Innovative Trends in Engineering for Sustainability (ICITES-2021) / Research Articles
6. Determinants of soil fertility management practices in Gedeo Zone, Southern Ethiopia: logistic regression approach. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.heliyon.2022.e08820. ;
- Selected physical and chemical properties of soil under different agroecological zone in Gedeo Zone, Southern Ethiopia. Heliyon, 8(12) e12011 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.heliyon.2022.e12011
8. Determinant Factor of Plant Species Diversity in the Organic Agriculture-Dominated System of Gedeo Zone, Southern Ethiopia, Hindawi International Journal of Ecology Volume, 2021, Article ID 2919260, 12 pages https://doi.org/10.1155/2021/2919260.
9. Leadership Roles and Challenges of School Improvement Program: The Case Selected Primary Schools in Dilla City, Ethiopia. Academy of Educational Leadership Journal (Print ISSN: 1095-6328; Online ISSN: 1528-2643). Research Article: 2019 Vol: 23 Issue: 3. https://www.abacademies.org/articles/leadership-roles-and-challenges-of-school-improvement-program-the-case-selected-primary-schools-in-dilla-city-ethiopia-8820.html
- The Contribution of Ethiopian Wetland Resources to Economic Growth and Biodiversity Conservation of the Country. Science Research 2019, 7(6): 85-92. http://www.sciencepublishing.com/j/sr. doi: 10.116448/j.sr.20190706.13. ISSN: 2329-0935 (Print); ISSN: 2329-0927 (Online).
- Rural Household Food Insecurity Status and Coping Strategies in Damot Sore Woreda of Wolaita Zone, Southern Ethiopia. (International Journal of Academic Research, ISSN: 2348-7666: Vol.6, Issue-8, August, 2019, www.ijar.org.in)
- Impacts of Prosopis juliflora invasion on livelihoods of pastoral and agro-pastoral households of Dire Dawa Administration, Ethiopia (Zeray et al. Pastoralism: Research, Policy and Practice (2017) 7:7 DOI 10.1186/s13570-017-0079-z)
- Perceived shortcomings of Mirte stove in Ethiopia: The case of Agarfa District, Oromia Region, Ethiopia (Journal of Agricultural Extension and Rural Development, Vol.9(3), pp. 39-46, March 2017 DOI: 10.5897/JAERD2016.0809 Articles Number: BC76D5163141 ISSN 2141-2170)
- Agricultural Food Export Performance in Ethiopia: An Error Correction Approach (NAF International Working Paper Series, Year 2016 paper n. 16/5)
- Determinants of participation and earnings in the rural nonfarm economy in Eastern Ethiopia (African Journal of Rural Development, Vol. 1(1): 2016: pp. 61 – 74)
- Determinants of Ethiopian Trade Performance to Its Bordering Region: A Gravity Model Approach (Journal of Natural Sciences Research ISSN 2224-3186 (Paper) ISSN 2225-0921 (Online) Vol.5, No.11, 2015)
- Determinants of Bilateral Trade between Ethiopia and Its Major Trading Partners’: A Gravity Model Approach (Journal of Economics and Sustainable Development , ISSN 2222-1700 (Paper) ISSN 2222-2855 (Online) Vol.5, No.15 2014)
- Economic Impact of Biofuel Investment in Ethiopia: A Review (Journal of Natural Sciences Research ISSN 2224-3186 (Paper) ISSN 2225-0921 (Online) 5(11), 2015)
- Climate Change Impact, Vulnerability and Adaptation Strategy in Ethiopia: A Review (Journal of Environment and Earth Science ISSN 2224-3216 (Paper) ISSN 2225-0948 (Online) 5(21), 2015)
- Nonfarm Income Diversification and Inequality in Eastern Ethiopia: Evidence from Gini Decomposition Analysis (Journal of Poverty, Investment and Development ISSN 2422-846X An International Peer-reviewed Journal Vol.18, 2015)
- Impact of Jateropha Production on the Household Food Poverty. (Lambert Publication)
- Student supervision: Dilla University and other universities.
Supervised over 100 MSc and 5 PhD students as Major Advisor and 5 PhD students as Co-advisor; Internal and external examiner of over 150 MSc and 7 PhD students.
- Awards, Certificates, if available,
- Participation in the international Workshop and Conference: Research on Enset and Its Agro-Ecosystem Hosted by Wolkite University in collaboration with Addis Abeba University, Ethiopian Biodiversity Institute, Hawasa University, Real Botanical Garden Kew and Leicester University from Feb10-11, 2020, Dessalegn Lodge-Agena, Ethiopia.
- Certificate of Participation on Networking for Sustainable Agro-food Chains held in Florence, Italy, on 16-17 May 2016.
- Certificate of Participation on AFFRICO II-Innovation in Agro-food Sector from May, 08-28 2016, organized by Palermo in collaboration with University Residential Center of Bertinoro.
- Participation as organizing committee on 8th, 9th and 10th National conference on “Research for Sustainable Development” organized by Dilla University from 17-19 may 2018, 18-20 April 2019 and 18-20 April 2020, respectively.
- Certificate of Participation on data Repository training using R-Software organized by Dilla University in collaboration with Germen Embassy, from 15-18 April 2018.
- Certificate of Participation on Applied Econometrics using STATA and E-views organized by Ethiopian Economic Association /EEA/ in collaboration with EEA Haramaya Chapter at Haramaya University from September 30 to October 5, 2010.
- Certificate of Research Methodology and Research Proposal writing organized by Debub University in collaboration with Ethiopian science and technology commission from July 11 to 16, 2005.
- Certificate of the “training of trainers”, given by senior Chinese & Indian instructors, Aug12, 2002.
- Certificate of a Higher License as a Certified Professional Teacher Educator issued by Dilla University on July 5, 2012.
Current Activities, (research, project)
- Evaluation of Biochar-Treated Enriched Amendments for Agronomic Effectiveness in Acidic Soils, Southern Ethiopia (Project Grant: ETH-Soil, DBFZ Call1; Starting Date May 2023)
- Participatory Evaluation of Biochar-Based Biofertilizers on Smallholder Farms of Gedeo-Sidama area, Southern Ethiopia (Project Grant: ETH-Soil, DBFZ Call2; Starting Date May 2024)
- Strategic Plan for Coffee Technology Transfer Project in Dilla University Catchment Area, Southern Ethiopia.
- Ecological and Socioeconomic Impact of Alien Plant Species on the sustainability of Indigenous Agroforestry System of Gedeo, Southern Ethiopia.